About Jonathan Ive
Sir Jonathan Paul Ive, a British‑American designer, is best known for his long career at Apple Inc., where he served as senior vice‑president of industrial design and chief design officer. He founded the creative collective LoveFrom, which collaborates with brands such as Ferrari, Airbnb and OpenAI. Since 2017 he has been chancellor of the Royal College of Art in London, and in June 2025 he became a trustee of the British Museum.
![“With the early prototypes, I held the phone to my ear and my ear [would] dial the number. You have to detect all sorts of ear-shapes and chin shapes, skin colour and hairdo... that was one of just many examples where we really thought, perhaps this isn’t going to work.” quote by Jonathan Ive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/jonathan-ive-3015_chins_with-the-early-prototypes-i-held-the-pho_909561.jpg)
![“Apple was very close to bankruptcy and to irrelevance [but] you learn a lot about life through death, and I learnt a lot about vital corporations by experiencing a non-vital corporation. You would have thought that, when what stands between you and bankruptcy is some money, your focus would be on…” quote by Jonathan Ive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/jonathan-ive-3015_apples_apple-was-very-close-to-bankruptcy-and-t_1983293.jpg)
